Jj^opoDiuM Rubrum. Small-Seeded Goose-Eoot.
CHENOPODIUM. Linn. Gen. PI. ° flatus c „r_ p. gem. l. lenticulare fuperum
horizontale calice conniventi te&um.
CHENOPODIUM. Raii-Syii. Gen. 5. Herbæ flore imperfecto seu stamineo (vel -apetalo
rtlFNOPODIUM rubrum foliis r,acemis " e®is, c°m«
CHEN Ur „„EÜS fubfoliofis caule brevionbus. Linn. Syft. Nat. cd. 13. Gmel. p. 448.
Syß. Fegetab. cd. 14. Murr. p. 261. Sp. PI. el. 3. p. 318. Fl. Suce. ei. 2. p. 78.
Lighlfiot v. Ï. p. 148. Hudf. Angl. ed. 2. p. 105.
CHENOPODIUM Foliis glabris nitentibus,, acute circumdentatis. Ha//;. H iß . n. 15»«.
ATR1PLEX fylv. latifolia. Baut. Pin. 119.
Ä Ü I K S “ I f ^ A n lb r ih u , Goofe-Foot. ' j W ' h
740. f. 8. ,
BLITUM Pes Anfennus di&um. Goofe-Foot or Sow-Bane. RanSyn. ed.%. p. 154.
BT ITO Pes Anferinus di&o fimilis. Raii Syn. ed. 3. p. 154. „ ' •„ .. „ , ,
RLITUM Morifono Atriplex procumbens folio finuato lucido craflo diftum. Ran Syn. ed. 3. p. 54«
Regarded by Mr. Hudson as a variety of murale.
"iX annua, fibrofa. a )
ÉLIS pedal is, bipedalis, et ultra, plerumque erettus, J
" 'inæqualiter flriatus, lævis, viridis, purpuraf- j
cens etiam ruberrimus, nonnunquam lim- ^
plex, faepius vero ramofus, ramis inferioribus (
patentibus, et haud infrequenter decum- <
bentibus.
fclOLI longi, at foliis ipfis breviores.
1 ROOT annual and fibrous.
1- STA LK a. foot, two feet or more in height, generally
> . upright, unevenly ftriatedj frapoth, green,
' purplifli, or even very red, fometimes fnnple,
but moft commonly, branched, .the lower
i branches fpreading and not unfrequently de-
H H p ••'. - .' cumbertt.
— I glabra, huda,- Fubtus ve- i LEAVES Handing on fodtftalls, fomewhat flefliy,
I'1, Cra in petiolumdecurremia, finuata, dentata, 4 ' Fmooth, naked yemy on the “ ^ r j d e ,
de atau trinqu e a balin Fecundis cteleris « . runmng down the Foot-ftalkfinuated toothed^
plerumque multo majoribus, omnibus acuti- $ ' the Fecond teeth on each F.defrota the bafe
f i i s U p e rubrtr marginatis. S ^ J t ^ n ^
q . with red. , ' 5 LEAF-STALKS long, but fhorter than the leaves
f themfelves. •.
Ires minimi, Fpicati, virides, purpurafcentes, aut | FLOWERS very minute, fpiked, green purplilh, or
V vivide purpurei, in glomeruli's feflilibus Tub- | very bright purple placet! cloje together n
rotunda dlnfe collocati, Tub Ftngulo glome- f . [mall round,111 feffile balls under each htde
rulo foliolum glomerulo longius, hinc Fpicm <5 ball or clutter is: placed a fmall leaf, longer
foliofie evadunt, glomeruli ipfi etiam Fqliofi 0 than, the ball ttlelF, which gives to the Fp.kes
nonnunquam obfervantur. | . a eafy appearance, the little clutters them-
■ ^ 1 a - * . felves are fometimes oblerved leafy.
llLYX: Perianthxum pentaphyllum, Foliolis ovatis, | C A L YX : a Perianthium oF five leaves, which are
® concavis, patentibus, margine membranaceis, 4 ovate concave, Fpreading, membranous .
demum claufis, Femen includentibus, Jig. 1. ' ? the edge, finally clofing and containing the
. - X -Feed, Jig. l.
iROLLA nulla. a COROLLA none.
(AMINA: Filamenta quinque, alba, calyce paulo | STAMINA : five white F ilaments a little longer
f longiora; A nther* flavin, >£. 2. 4 than the calyx ; A nther* yellow A ".2
JTILLUM: Germen Fubovatum, compreffum; | PISTILLUM: G erman fomewhat ovate, flattened,
Stylus breviflimus; Stigmata duo, vil- 4 . Sty le very fhort; Stigmata two, villous,
lofa, patentia, Jig. 3; . a and fpreading,ƒ<§■ • 3* .. ..
MEN minimum, lentiforme, nitidum, faturate FuF- I SEED very mmute, lens-fhaped, ttnmng, oF a deep
cum, calyce non penitus teftum,. jig. 4. <C brown colour, not wholly covered by the
■ 9 calyx, Jig. 4-
RVe have often had occafion to remark, that the more common plants, which grow as it were under our
I are infinitely more difficult to afeertain than thofe, which are rare; this anfes m feme from a deficiency
ihaps of fpecinc charafter, but more from that diverfity of appearance which they affume m con equence
ftrowingin foils and fixations widely different: we have always found Undents, and even thole well veried
|plants, at a lofs in making out the different fpecies of Chenopodium, and more efpeciatly the prelent Ipecres ;
a we fufpeft that L innaeus, in his account of.it, has in lome degree contributed rather to obicure than
Scidate it; in his Flor. Suit. ed. 2. in deferibing it, he fays, caules-decumbenta et terra: apprejfx; though this.
|y be true of it when orowino' in certain flotations,-as in platcis Stockholmiee, it is not generally lo ; on -
.nghills, which are frequently covered with it alone, and in watte place's that have been overflowed in the
fife lunations which this plant principally and very generally affeUs with us ; the main Item is For the moil
It perfeaiy upright, as much fo as that of the urbicum ;.when it grows Engly in lolls not very luxuriant, and
fetidly at the elofe of the year, not only the lower branches are often procumbent, but the whole plant is lo,
<P often in a dwarf (late • indeed one can fcarcely imagine two plants more different than the one flarving m
I fituation laft defcrlbed, and the other flouriflling on a rich dunghill, or a moift ditch originating near it,
lere'u frequently attains the height of ,three feet. . . ^
|ihere is another circumftance which has contributed alfo to render a knowledge of this plant diracult, and
■ arifen from its colour : Botanifts have not been aware that .there are two principal varieties of it, one
Fine purple, which extends fometimes to the whole plant, and is fo brilliant as to render lt.even ornamental,
|otlier.pare green without the leaft tinge of red; and thefe two may generally be found growing near each
P's have long fince difeovered the means of diftingnifhing with certainty this plant, under all its appearances,
| “ the urbicum, with which it has the greateft affinity (Mi.. Hudson, indeed, fufpetted that thefe two plants
t're varieties only of each other) and that by the difference in the fize of their refpetlive feeds ; thofe of the
|"« i are very minute, not much larger than the largeft grains of common writing fand, and thofe of the
are nearly the fize of rape-feed. ■
U " l® the flowers of thirplant, we mutt examine it when very young in Auguil and September. ■
no kind (hew any difpofition to eat this herb, which is, however, reported to be noxious to fwme,
y Cattle of
Phi
IWh °n no gobd authority: the feeds, afford abundant food for fmall birds; agriculturally confidered, it
r l * V he resarrlerl... a r,. -,'.-...-411,.- rmnhlefome as fome of the others of the venus.